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Pura Vida Cottage! Community Pool, Downtown PA!

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Living area
Property grounds
Living area
Pool
Pool

Reviews

9.4 out of 10
Exceptional
4 bedrooms2+ bathroomsSleeps 12136.8 sq m

Popular amenities

  • Kitchen
  • Washing machine
  • Dryer
  • Free Wi-Fi
  • Air-conditioning
  • Parking available

Explore the area

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Port Aransas, TX
  • Place, Port Aransas Birding Center
    ‪8 min walk‬
  • Place, Horace Caldwell Pier
    ‪15 min walk‬
  • Place, Port Aransas Beach
    ‪17 min walk‬
  • Airport, Corpus Christi, TX (CRP-Corpus Christi Intl.)
    ‪46 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

4 bedrooms (sleeps 12)

Guest bedroom

1 Queen Bed

Guest bedroom

2 Single Bunk Beds

Guest bedroom

1 King Bed

Master Bedroom

1 King Bed

2 bathrooms, 1 half bathroom

Guest bathroom

Toilet

Guest bathroom

Toilet · Shower only

Master bathroom

Toilet · Shower only

Spaces

Kitchen
Balcony
Separate dining area
Dining area

About this property

Pura Vida Cottage! Community Pool, Downtown PA!

**A signed Property Management Rental Agreement Contract is mandatory upon booking. Also required is a copy of driver's license to receive check in instructions. Contracting guests of Port A Beach House Company must be 25 years of age or older.**

Pura Vida is a newly constructed, professionally decorated, 4 bedroom 2.5 bath home that overlooks the community pool! Also located near all of the local favorite restaurants, shops and sips! La Playa's famous guacamole and margaritas are just few blocks away! Guests love the incredibly comfortable beds, custom tiled bathrooms featuring Italian marble, and flat screen TV's with Direct TV in all the bedrooms and living room. Don't feel like going out? The chef's kitchen is well equipped with everything needed to cook at home! Pura Vida is powered by 100% renewable energy, and stocked with all natural, chemical free hand soaps and household products. Who says beach living can't be luxurious, comfortable AND earth-friendly?

Add a 6 seater golf cart to your booking for $175 per day! (must request 48 hours or more prior to your arrival) We are your one stop shop. It's the best way to experience the island life and enjoy fun and easy access to the beach!

Beach gear credit included! As a gift to you, this home offers beach gear credit for you to select top-quality beach gear for your vacation stay. You can choose from a range of items including bikes, kayaks, paddleboards, boogie boards, and more. Simply select the gear you want for your vacation at least 48 hours before your scheduled check-in date, and VayK Gear will take care of the rest! Please note, a small delivery fee may apply.

Winter Texan friendly! Contact our office for rates!

CONDO FEATURES
-House, two story, no elevator
-NOT PET FRIENDLY
-Parking for one over sized vehicle or two compact vehicles - NO GARAGE ACCESS
-Community pool
-Bedrooms located all levels of the home
-Kitchen, Dinning, and Living area
-Flat-screen TVs
-Washer and Dryer in unit
-Futon
-Hair Dryers
-Puzzles
-Board games

BEDROOMS/BATHROOMS (SLEEPS 12)
-First bedroom: King size bed
-Second bedroom: King size bed
-Third bedroom: Queen size bed
-Fourth bedroom: Two twin over twin bunkbeds
-Two full bathroom: Walk in shower. and one half bathroom

KITCHEN & DINING
-Fully equipped kitchen, with basic essential needs
-Dining room table with seating for eight
-Standard coffee maker
-Toaster
-Blender
-Griddle

EXTERIOR
-Patio with chairs
-Charcoal grill near the community pool
-Outdoor Shower
-Corn Hole
-Not in walking distance to the beach. 15+ min walk

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
-A two-night minimum stay is required.
-Check in time is approximate time; housekeeping and maintenance make all attempts to be ready by 4pm but there is no guarantee.
-STARTER set for guests to include two trash bags, dish soap and two dishwashing pods, one toilet paper roll per bathroom, one paper towel roll, mini toiletry supplies. Guests SHOULD bring extra amounts of these items as the starter set is for 1 night, and we will not resupply the home.
-Construction is always happening somewhere in Port Aransas; we can't guarantee that you won't hear/see construction, building, or community improvement projects and events during your stay.
-Cable/WIFI is provided as a convenience; Port A does experience outages from time to time. There are no refunds for outages of cable/WIFI or if city pool is closed for cleaning, repair or maintenance.
-Please remember that you are on an island; mosquitos/pests can be plentiful several times per year. Our properties are treated by professional pest control service every month.

CLEANING AND INSPECTION
-We use disinfecting products that meet or exceed CDC performance standards.
-Every property is stocked with bath towels & washcloths for the maximum occupancy of the property along with one hand towel per bathroom.
-These complimentary amenities are provided in the property as a convenience until you can go shopping: hand/bath soap, one toilet paper roll per bathroom, one paper towels, two dishwasher pods, two trash bags, and one make-up wipe per bathroom.
-We inspect every property to make sure it is up to standard and ready for your family's arrival.

THINGS TO BRING
-Beach/pool towels
-Shampoo & conditioner
-Sunscreen
-Beach gear, toys, chairs, umbrella
-Food, condiments, oils & spices, coffee, etc.

***WiFi is not compatible for guests working remotely during their stay. We do not guarantee a good connection due to spotty internet on the island.

Max occupancy is 12 and regulated by City ordinance. STR #514761

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Amenities

Kitchen
Washing machine
Dryer
Free WiFi
Air conditioning
Parking available

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House Rules

Check in after 4:00 PM
Minimum age to rent: 25
Check out before 11:00 AM
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Children

Children allowed: ages 0–17
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Events

No events allowed
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Pets

No pets allowed
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Smoking

Smoking is not permitted

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
On-site parties or group events are strictly prohibited
Host has indicated that there is a carbon monoxide detector on the property
Host has indicated that there is a smoke detector on the property
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher and a deadlock

About the area

Port Aransas

Located in Old Town Port Aransas, a neighbourhood in Port Aransas, this holiday home is near theme parks and near the beach. The area's natural beauty can be seen at Port Aransas Beach and Mustang Island State Park. Roberts Point Park and Aransas Pass Aquatic Center are also worth visiting. Jet skiing and kayaking offer great chances to get out on the surrounding water, or you can seek out an adventure with cycling and horse riding nearby.
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Port Aransas, TX

What's nearby

  • Port Aransas Birding Center - 8 min walk - 0.8 km
  • Horace Caldwell Pier - 15 min walk - 1.3 km
  • Holiday Beach - 15 min walk - 1.3 km
  • Port Aransas Beach - 17 min walk - 1.5 km
  • IB Magee Beach Park - 17 min walk - 1.5 km

Getting around

  • Rockport, TX (RKP-Aransas County) - 45 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Whataburger - ‬8 min walk
  • ‪San Juan Restaurant - ‬15 min walk
  • ‪The Phoenix - ‬11 min walk
  • ‪Sip Yard - ‬16 min walk
  • ‪Port A Pizzeria - ‬4 min walk

Frequently asked questions

Is Pura Vida Cottage! Community Pool, Downtown PA! pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much does it cost to stay at Pura Vida Cottage! Community Pool, Downtown PA!?

As of 1 Apr 2026, prices found for a 1-night stay for 2 adults at Pura Vida Cottage! Community Pool, Downtown PA! on 20 July 2026 start from AU$520, including taxes and fees. This price is based on the lowest nightly price found in the last 24 hours for stays in the next 30 days. Prices are subject to change. Choose your dates for more accurate prices.

How much is parking at Pura Vida Cottage! Community Pool, Downtown PA!?

On-site parking is available at the property.

What time is check-in at Pura Vida Cottage! Community Pool, Downtown PA!?

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Pura Vida Cottage! Community Pool, Downtown PA!?

Checkout is at 11:00 AM.

Where is Pura Vida Cottage! Community Pool, Downtown PA! located?

Located in Old Town Port Aransas, this holiday home is within 1 mi (2 km) of Port Aransas Birding Center and Port Aransas Beach. Port Aransas Museum and Nature Preserves are also within 15 minutes.

Reviews

9.4

Exceptional

Reviews are presented in chronological order, subject to a moderation process, and verified unless otherwise labelled.
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Rating 10 - Excellent. 28 out of 36 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 4 out of 36 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 3 out of 36 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 36 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 0 out of 36 reviews

9.2/10

Cleanliness

9.8/10

Check-in

9.2/10

Communication

9.6/10

Location

9.6/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

Verified

10/10 Excellent

Kristi M.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Annual Port A Trip

We love Station Street cottages! The location, convenience, cleanliness is always perfect for our group. We visit Port A every year and staying at the Cottages always feels like going “home”.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2024
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Perfect Beach Getaway! 5 Star Review

We’ve been coming to this area for our annual beach trip for years, and this was by far the best place we’ve ever stayed! The home was spotless, beautifully maintained, and absolutely perfect for our group. Communication with the host was amazing, responsive, helpful, and made everything seamless from start to finish.The private pool was a huge highlight, so refreshing after long days at the beach. The location couldn’t be better; walking distance to the beach, local restaurants, and shopping. Everything we needed was right at our fingertips.Already looking forward to booking again for next year. Highly recommend this property!
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Christine M.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Loved it!

Spacious, clean and great location!
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023
Verified

4/10 Poor

Lesley B.

Liked: Check-in
Disliked: Cleanliness, listing accuracy
Inside of the place is filthy, sink faucet broken, upstairs toilet broken, pool water overflowing on grounds and into neighbors yards. Pool was dirty.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Paul W. W.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Nice place lots of space!

Had a work group trip with 9 people and had plenty of room. Clean and spacious, would stay again.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2022
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Paige V.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Family vacation

The home was fully equipped for all of our needs. Really clean, and made this vacation AMAZING! The beach this year was full of jelly fish and the pool at the house saved our vacation!
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2024
From a partner site

10/10 Excellent

Ted V.

Excellent

Had a blast will be back next year for sure
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Cara Q.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, location, listing accuracy

Beautiful

Decorated very cute, lots of kitchen gear for all cooking needs, loud neighbors as their porch is right at the master bedroom window.
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2023
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Guadalupe R.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Awesome place

The house was an awesome experience. There is just one little thing the tv needs to have a guide how to turn it on. The rest of the experience was great. Beautiful house!
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2021
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Paula G.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Stay was great!

The only complaint that I have was on the internet. However we weren't there much, so it was okay!!
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023
Verified

6/10 Okay

Sue O.

Liked: Check-in, location, listing accuracy

Good location

Let me start on a positive note, the house is well equipped, plenty of seating! The first half of the week the neighbors were considerate and fun. Thursday the people that came took our parking space we had to ask them to move, brought a speaker and played loud inappropriate music, stayed in the pool being loud until 4:00am. I didn’t think dogs were allowed. There were 3 in the units?? The shower upstairs was moldy and mildewed we spent 2 days trying to get it off, got most of it off. The electric bar under one of the cabinets was hanging by wires, maintenance came and attempted to snap it back on, we never used it as we had concerns. There was no broom or anything to sweep floors, we asked maintenance for a broom they brought one and some mold and mildew remover for us to use. The bathroom carpet was disgusting, so we washed it ourselves. The rugs have stains on all of them, the stairs had hair and dirt all over. When you opened the cabinet it had a strong musty odor... maybe some damp rid in a back corner would help. There are no cake pans or a crock pot.. thankfully I brought my own. The location is great a short drive to the beach, and very convenient to shopping, grocery and restaurants. We enjoyed our stay once we cleaned! Sheets on beds are rough but I had some with me so we just put them over the sandpaper, the mattresses were comfortable. If this is your first time to stay at a VRBO place you would love it, because you might not realize there are so many others that are very very clean! I tried calling and emailing the weekend before our arrival as the hurricane went through on Saturday, we arrived on Monday. I called a friend in Corpus that said Port A was ok!
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2020
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Ted V.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Awesome

Stayed here last year for my moms birthday last year and had a blast. Decided to make this a traditional thing every year for as long as possible. Will definitely be renting again next year.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2021
Verified

8/10 Good

vikie s.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great location. Wonderful place. Living room is perfect hangout place

Two flaws -- for a house that can sleep 12 people, having 2 showers is difficult to manage. The parking situation is terrible. You need to find a way to expand it. Once you have golf carts + cars, there is no where to park
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2021
Verified

10/10 Excellent

bonnie b.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

All went well

Layout was great for a group of 7, ages 17 to 80. Mattresses were were extremely comfortable! It was very clean and I appreciated heads up on extra things to bring. Suggest u have instructions on the downstairs shower and it has regular coffee pot not a keurig. We will recommend to our friends.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2021
Verified

6/10 Okay

Christi B.

Disliked: Communication

Beach bummer

The house is way smaller than it appears in the posted pictures. The property manager is basically unreachable and when you finally get a call back he treats you like you are stupid. Upper bunk sheets were dirty. The walls were dirty. The throw pillows on the bed were stained and stunk. The house was decorated well and it has a very functional layout but the parking and the outside pool area are a mess. The homes need to be power washed and dead trees need to be removed.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2021
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Lori T.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Our Beach House

We absolutely loved this place! It was in the perfect location, very clean, comfy beds and provided all the space we needed for our fam! We have rented from Port A Escapes each time we’ve come to Port A and will again when we come back 😊
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2021
Verified

8/10 Good

Loretta O.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Beautiful, spacious home

After a day on the beach coming back to this house was great. Plenty of room for everyone to relax. Kitchen was very spacious. From the kiddos bunk room to the master bedroom you could tell they spared no expense to provide a quality stay. I would have given it a 5 star Overall Review except like most VRBO accessing and operating the television, stereo and cable is frustrating. I would highly recommend step by step instructions. I would also add that the staff was very professional, responsive and offered suggestions to help us quickly get acclimated to the community.
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2021
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Gilbert M.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Beautiful but had issues

Overall very nice property but we had a few issues. The futon upstairs was completely broken and unusable and only 2 of the 5 TV's worked. The TV/Sound setup was over complicated. Everything was clean and the house is very nice.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2021
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Hailey H.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Super fun!

It was super super fun! Everything worked perfectly. We did run out of toilet paper there were only 3 rolls in the whole house. Other than that everything was great!
Stayed 3 nights in May 2021
Verified

10/10 Excellent

RUTH S.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

I love everything about the house.. but It will be nice to have an iron available next time.

The house and the area are great. I just like to mention a few little things that may need attention.. the washing machine needs maintenance, the dishwasher needs maintenance, and the master shower as well.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2021
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Ted V.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Awesome

Absolutely loved the place and location. House is pretty much in the middle of everything. Beach wasn't far at all. Restaurants close by as well. Was able to get my moms electric wheelchair in the house as well, we did have our own ramp though. Clean towels and everything you pretty much need. Definitely would rent this place again and would recommend it.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2020
Verified

8/10 Good

LINDA H.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Would rent again

The property was spacious and as advertised. The garbage disposal switch is inside the cabinet below the sink (it was challenging to find) and there could have been more garbage cans (ie) in the rooms. There was no kleenex anywhere in the home.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2020
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Deborah C.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Family Vacation

This was the first family vacation with my husband’s family. There were nine of us and our stay was awesome! The cottage was beautiful! The picture are exactly how the home looks. The kitchen was fully stocked with cookware and there is plenty of seating in the family room and kitchen. The beds were comfortable and the checkin was easy. Jammie Dennis in reservations was a pleasure to work with. We love this place and will definitely return.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2020
Verified

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, listing accuracy

Beautiful House on Pura Vida

The house itself is beautiful , the layout was very simple & functional . My family enjoyed our stay & the kids had so much fun in the swimming pool .It was a far walk from the beach especially in the summer time when it is too hot . We were very disappointed when we arrived! The property was not ready at all for occupancy ,housekeeping had to quickly clean the whole house .The Wifi did not work at all with the password they gave & when I called the management nobody called me back to help us out . I certainly would not go back to this company .
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2020
Verified

10/10 Excellent

Vicki A.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy

Great Place!

We were really impressed with the cleanliness and decor of Pura Vida. The kitchen was stocked with everything that you could want. The only thing that we could of used was a broom and dustpan to sweep up with, never found one. Was there for granddaughter's wedding; our house held our two sons , their wives, two small grandchildren, Mother-in-law and my husband and I. Was plenty of room for all of us! Grand kids got to enjoy the pool. Will try and rent again in the future.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019

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